The Aeolian mode or the natural minor scale as it’s called, is the backbone of many great songs and compositions. No matter the style of music. You will find beautiful minor chord progressions everywhere! But…
Connecting melodic phrases Creating and connecting a melodic phrase is probably one of the most forgotten techniques for when it comes to making a better melody. It can feel like a more technical and maybe…
Transpose a melody to create exciting new ones How to write a good melody is something that we all struggle with. It is by far one of the more abstract aspects of making music, because…
Change your melody by removing and extending notes Learning how to write a melody is one of the most important things in music. But learning how to adjust your melodies and make more music out…
Use Rhythmic Displacement For Not Getting Stuck How to write a melody or rather: how to not get stuck writing a melody! Writing melodies is probably one of the more abstract things about writing music….
Beautiful chord loops and emotional piano loops Chord loops are everywhere, especially guitar loops and piano loops are a general favourite. But what is the music theory behind them and what way can or should…
The Mixolydian mode is amazing and inspiring! This musical mode is the fundament of many different styles and can convey deep emotions. The options are almost limitless. But how do you write Mixolydian chord progressions…
8 Musical phrases out of 1 chord progression 8 Musical Phrases or melodic phrases out of 1 chord progression, how is that possible? In this video I show you how many options you actually have….
The benefit of Melodic Chord Progressions Very often when people start to create a chord progression they often just use the chord in it’s same original shape going up and down. When you are playing…
The importance of good lyric ideas Getting topic ideas for writing lyrics can be quite difficult to say the least. The process of writing lyrics is a very subjective one and at the end of…